By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info This is the fourth of five summer review/preview type stories on the NHL’s Midwest-based NHL teams. Despite a drop in wins and points, the Minnesota Wild remained at or near the top of the NHL’s Central Division through most of last season. Finishing the regular season with a 46-25-11
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info This is the second of seven off season articles representing the junior hockey leagues falling under the Midwesthockey.info umbrella. The two US Midwest-based teams in the Ontario Hockey League both had solid regular seasons which resulted in a head-to-head battle immediately in the post season. A 36-27-3-2 regular season
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info The Chicago Wolves can empathize with a player traded frequently of the course of their careers. The Las Vegas Golden Knights have already left the building in Rosemont, Ill, joining the trend of teams moving their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliates a little closer to home. The Knights will
A 39-save effort by goaltender Tyler Parsons helped the Kansas City Mavericks open the ECHL season with a 5-3 road win at the BOK Center in Tulsa against the host Oilers on Friday (Oct. 13, 2017) Formerly known as the Missouri Mavericks, the ECHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames and Stockton Heat, rolled out of
When the Columbus Blue Jackets Prospect team takes the ice at the annual Traverse City Prospects Tournament on Friday, it will have a pair of USHL graduates guarding the crease. Since the end of the 2016-17 NHL season, the Blue Jackets have signed both Matiss Kivlenieks, the 2016-17 USHL Goaltender of the Year from the
Kearney, NE (Courtesy Tri-City Storm. – Tri-City Storm Director of Player Personnel and New England scout Vincent Montalbano has joined the Vancouver Canucks as an amateur scout. Montalbano will stay in his current role with the Storm staff. He has been a member of the organization since the start of the 2014-15 season. “I’m really
